The Veteran's service-connected left knee disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation and testing to determine the current severity of her conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran’s left knee disability, including pain on both active and passive motion, in weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing, and with the range of the opposite undamaged joint.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patella post lateral release with synovectomy and degenerative joint disease, left knee subluxation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18118590
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals because his requests to appeal were not timely filed, and he did not provide good cause for the delay.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's knee conditions, including evaluations and TDIU. The decision is based on needing to verify the Veteran's contact information and obtain any returned mail.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of service connection for the veteran's left knee strain extension, right knee strain extension, left knee strain flexion, right knee strain flexion, left knee subluxation, right knee subluxation, left shoulder strain, and tinnitus back to February 16, 2023.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for the service connection of left knee subluxation and left knee joint osteoarthritis was dismissed due to untimely filing.
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